Klebsiella variicola

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Taxonomy
  Family: Enterobacteriaceae
  
  Natural habitats
  Klebsiella variicola is known to associate with different plants.
  Some strains have been associated with disease in humans, suggesting they may be able to serve as opportunistic pathogens of humans.
  
  The majority of isolation of Klebsiella variicola are from sterile sites, mainly blood and urine.
  
  Clinical significance
  Proper identification of K. variicola will be critical in the further evaluation of its clinical significance as an underreported infectious agent and in the development of more tailored.
Gram stain
- Gram negative rods,
  
  cells are short and arranged single or short chain-like arrangement.
  
  0.1-1.2 x 0.4-5.0 µm,
Culture characteristics
- Facultative anaerobic
  
  BA: colonies are often white without glos, translucent, round, regular edges.
  
  McConkey: growth, lactose fermenter
  
  BBAØ: growth
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition